84 mins: The match has totally changed in character now – obviously the away side is more desperate, but the crowd is whistling wildly and there’s all sorts of niggly pushing and poking going on out there.

80 mins: Remarkable scenes! With no ball on the pitch, and the visitors keen to get on with things two Shakhtar players run over and assault a ballboy – who has one in his arms – shoving him over some advertising hoardings and prompting some extended handbags. Ferreyra is booked for his part.

73 mins: Chance for Roma! Dzeko is the creator this time, playing the ball low from the left, across the defence to Gerson, who turns down the chance to take a first-time shot and instead dallies long enough for a defender to get back and get in the way of his belated effort.

65 mins: Gerson comes on for Roma, replacing the hard-working but largely ineffective Cengiz Under. “Edin Dzeko is one of these players whose happiness I find infectious,” writes Kari Tulinius. “He seems like such a fundamentally agreeable and well-balanced guy, and his joyful smile lights up stadiums and screens. Even aside from the fact that he had to suffer through the Siege of Sarajevo in childhood, I can’t but wish all the best for the Bosnian Diamond.” Indeed – here’s some further reading:

How Edin Džeko united Bosnia

62 mins: Ooooh! Strootman’s long ball finds Nainggolan, whose first touch to bring it under control is delicious. He slides it inside to Dzeko, whose first-time shot beats Pyatov, but goes just wide of the far post.

53 mins: Strootman’s ball over the top to Dzeko is perfectly weighted, and Butko at right-back is lingering a couple of yards behind the rest of the back four and playing him onside. Pyatov comes out, and Dzeko calmly poked the ball through his legs and in from the edge of the area!

GOAL! Roma 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk (Dzeko, 52 mins)

48 mins: Shakhtar’s night so far is basically the story of an excellently coached and positioned back four, and Roma’s inability to get through or over them. Their latest attempt ends with Nainggolan being given offside.

Half time: Roma 0-0 Shakhtar Donetsk

45+1 mins: After a couple of seconds’ stoppage time – the ball has barely stopped moving all half, it just hasn’t gone anywhere very interesting – the referee blows his whistle and heads off for a breather.